Biosecurity Act 2025

An accreditation authority that is authorised to accredit biosecurity certifiers under this Act must adopt a policy in relation to the accreditation of biosecurity certifiers (an accreditation policy).

An accreditation policy may make provision for, or in respect to, the following matters:

the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience required for a person to be accredited as a biosecurity certifier by the accreditation authority;

the suitability of a person to carry out the function of issuing biosecurity certificates as a biosecurity certifier accredited by the accreditation authority;

any other prescribed matter.

An accreditation policy adopted by an accreditation authority (other than the Chief Executive) has no effect unless it, and any amendment to it, have been approved by the Chief Executive.

However, subsection (3) does not apply to an amendment if the accreditation authority certifies that the amendment—

is minor in nature or for the purposes of correcting an error; or

is necessary to reflect a change of—

a course of study (including a professional development course); or

a required qualification; or

the provider of a course or qualification; or

is authorised by the regulations.

An accreditation authority must ensure that an accreditation policy is publicly available.

An accreditation authority may adopt an accreditation policy for each type of accreditation.

A reference in this Act to an accreditation policy is a reference to the accreditation policy, as adopted by the relevant accreditation authority, that is relevant to the accreditation to which the reference relates.